Why does inventory management matter?

Inventory management is a critical aspect that should not be overlooked by any ISP business owner. A well-implemented and efficient inventory management system is essential for the smooth functioning of day-to-day operations. Without it, ISPs may encounter a range of issues such as stockouts, overstocking, increased costs, and customer dissatisfaction.

By using Splynx inventory built-in feature that allows to store and account information about equipment and other products, ISPs can mitigate these issues and achieve the following benefits:

Enhanced stock visibility and control:

Splynx provides a comprehensive inventory dashboard that offers real-time insights into the number of items, products, suppliers, and invoices. With the ability to scan and work with barcodes, the process of tracking and managing inventory units is simplified, ensuring accurate stock levels at all times.

Streamlined supplier management:

Suppliers are companies that sell equipment and issue invoices. Splynx facilitates seamless collaboration with suppliers by storing and linking items/equipment units with specific supplier invoices. This allows ISPs to effortlessly track purchase orders, streamline invoicing processes, and optimize supplier relationships.

Defined default products pricing:

Products are routers, switches, cable units, antennas, and similar. The administrator can define the default price that will be used by the system when equipment is rented or sold to customers, ensuring consistent pricing across the board. Vendors section stores information about producers of equipment such as Mikrotik, Cisco, Radwin, or Ubiquiti.

Enhanced operational efficiency:

“Items” is the most used section, it’s a common table with all equipment units. The administrator is able to assign equipment units to another administrator, set them as internally used, move units from stock to customer or mark them as broken and send them back to the supplier, saving valuable time and resources.

Quick inventory management with barcode scanning:

You can use any barcode reader and scan the barcodes of equipment when entering it into stock. Then find a simple equipment unit using its barcode. Our search barcode feature allows us to select multiple barcodes and work quickly with a barcode scanner instead of typing long useless numbers.

Splynx simplifies the process of assigning a device to a customer using an ACS identifier (Barcode or Serial number) before the device connects to ACS for the first time. Splynx automatically links the customer if the Barcode matches the device’s Serial number during the initial connection. Once the device is linked, you can configure various settings, like creating a group and enabling auto provisioning.

Low-stock notifications available from Splynx v4.1

Are you familiar with the situation when some of your products are out of stock but you are not aware of this?

These surprises always happen when you least expect them, we’ve therefore added low-stock notifications to prevent cases like this. You can enable it per product with warning thresholds to notify you when such items are in low stock.

Conclusion

Efficient inventory management is paramount for the success of local ISPs, and leveraging Splynx’s inventory management capabilities can make a significant difference in optimizing operations, reducing costs, enhancing customer satisfaction, and achieving better control over inventory.

You can find more details about Splynx inventory management feature in our documentation.